Using image captions in MLA: a guide
A caption appears below an image and usually has a corresponding Figure number
(Fig. 1) and a brief description.
Creator, Title of Work, Medium, Dimensions), date of creation (if known, if not write N.d.
for not dated) Location
**If your caption provides complete information about the source and the source is NOT
cited in the text of your paper, no entry for the source in the works cited list is
necessary.
Fig. 1. Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, Oil on canvas, 64.262 x 89.662 cm1890; Private Collection
Fig. 2. Ai Weiwei: "Forever" Bicycles, 42 bicycles, 4.50×2.75 m, 2003; photo courtesy of the artist
Fig. 3. Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother (destitute pea pickers, mother of seven children, age 32, Nipomo,
CA.), black and white photograph from one nitrate negative, 101.6×127 mm, 1936; photo courtesy of
Library of Congress1
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Developed by E. Loftis for OCAC using the MLA 7 ed. guidelines. 2015.